If you look at the Five Regions diagram again, you can see that universal technologies must exist because of the overlapping nature of the regions. Some of the technologies overlap between two regions, fewer overlap three regions, even fewer overlap four and five regions.

When there are three or more overlaps, we consider them Universal technologies.

A Universal Technology is the equivalent to the Swiss Army knife—so handy and flexible that almost everyone finds a dominant use for it. But is it also important to understand that the aggregate of the Universal Technologies does equal another TechnEcology.

Fort Leavenworth Army Garrison Guards Frontier Supply Chains ...

Residences of individuals, apparently tribal officials, are indicated, as well as the Council House, the "Agency,"and the village of Secondine, just east of Grinter Ferry.

Train stations along the Kansas River to Lecompton are shown, as well as some major roads. In evidence are the villages of Tonganoxie and Sarcoxiville and the the towns of Oskaloosa, Lawrence, and DeSoto.

An inset map shows the route of the Union Pacificpast Topeka and Junction City, down the Smoky Hill Fork.